Conductance distribution of disordered quasi one-dimensional wires
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We determine analytically the distribution of conductances of quasi onedimensional disordered electron systems, neglecting electron-electron interaction, for all strengths of disorder. We find that in the crossover region between the metallic and insulating regimes, P (g) is highly asymmetric, given by “one-sided” log-normal distribution. For larger disorder, the tail of the log-normal distribution is cut-off for g > 1 by a Gaussian.
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